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Abduction in labelled deductive systems a conceptual abstract

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A Theory of Abduction and Induction is outlined within the framework of Labelled Deductive Systems (LDS). It is argued that abductive principles are dependent on the computation procedures and are to be considered as items of data in the database.

Research Supported by SERC grant GR/G29861, Rule Based Systems. I am grateful to M D'Agustino for critically reading the manuscript.

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Rudolf Kruse Pierre Siegel

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Gabbay, D.M. (1991). Abduction in labelled deductive systems a conceptual abstract. In: Kruse, R., Siegel, P. (eds) Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Uncertainty. ECSQARU 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 548. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54659-6_58

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